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  • Wall Street's vision of a Goldilocks scenario for the stock market and economy is unraveling.
  • The Fed's "higher for longer" mantra has dashed hopes that a recession is avoidable.
  • The US economy is feeling the lagging effects of tight monetary policy as risk factors converge.

Wall Street's dream of a Goldilocks scenario for the stock market and economy is probably dead. 

At best, it's severely wounded. 

And all it took was a single press conference in September from Fed Chair Jerome Powell to dash hopes that had been building on Wall Street all year. 

What happened?

Interest rates soared. That's what happened.